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Game show host Monty Hall died September 30 as a result of heart failure in his Beverly Hills home at the age of 96.
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In an era when the morning television hours were given over to game shows, Monty Hall joined forces with Stefan Hatos and created a fun show where contestants dress up in a variety of costumes to attract attention. If chosen they would trade an item for whatever was behind one of the curtains of their choosing. The show aired in 1963 and ran for forty years in a variety of formats – morning game show, prime time, and syndicated.
Hall is best known for being the host of the game show "Let's Make a Deal"; he was also a producer and actor.
Hall produced the television series "Your First Impression", seven episodes of "Chain Letter", "Talking Pictures", "Split Second", "Masquerade Party", three episodes of "The McLean Stevenson Show", "It's Anybody's Guess", and "Let's Make a Deal".
As an actor he appeared in "The Little Revue", "Floor Show", "Matinee Party", "That Girl", the television movie "Lil Abner", "Love, American Style", The Love Boat", "The Courage and the Passion", "The Nanny", "Providence", and "That 70's Show".
Hall made dozens of appearances as himself as a host and emcee, a panelist on game shows, variety shows, "The Monty Hall Smokin-Stokin' Fire Brigade", the animated sit-com "Wait Till Your Father Gets Home", two episodes of "The Odd Couple", "Lights, Camea, Monty!", documentaries, "The Wonder Years", "Sabrina the Teenage Witch", late night talk shows, award shows, and celebrity tributes.
Not just a fast talking game show host who made deals, Hall was passionate about helping others and spent a good bit of each year helping to raise money. Daughter Sharon guesses that he has raised a billion dollars in his lifetime.
Being recognized for his philanthropic endeavours, Hall has been awarded the Orders of Canada and Manitoba, the International Humanitarian Award from the Variety Clubs, and has had wards at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, John's Hopkins and Hanemann University Hospital in Philadelphia named in his honour. Hall has been inducted into the National Broadcaster's Hall of Fame, the American TV Game Show Hall of Fame, and Canada's Walk of Fame.
He was born Monty Halparin on August 25, 1921 in Winnipeg, Manitoba the son of a butcher and a teacher. Originally planning on becoming a doctor, Hall turned his hand to entertaining when he did not get accepted to medical school.
Hall's entertainment career began on radio in his native Canada. He later moved to the U.S. Where he made the move to television.
Predeceased by his wife of 70 years Marilyn; Hall is survived by his children Sharon, Joanna, and Richard; brother Robert; and five grandchildren.
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In case you're not joking, yes, I know he's not actually going to be small. What I meant was that Thanos is usually tied to huge events occurring in the universe. When I hear Whedon say he's going smaller, I assume he means that there will be more focus on the characters rather than a big fight like the NYC throwdown. Maybe their fight is to interrupt him before he starts doing things like evaporating half of all life in the universe. The rumored
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The Simplicity Series #17
Eating and Drinking in the Kingdom of God
"The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Look, a glutton and
a winebibber
, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!'
But wisdom is justified by her children."
In our last post, we addressed
where Paul told us that,
"the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit."
His point was that we often need to choose to abstain from even normal practices where they may truly cause others to stumble.
However, it is interesting to see that the Bible often speaks of the Kingdom of God in terms of eating and drinking. In the above passage, Jesus, as the long-awaited King, declares that He came to celebrate the inauguration of His kingdom by joining with His people in feasting. In fact, one of the most common figures of the Kingdom of God is that of a great and continual feast. In the interest of spiritual balance, consider some of the following texts.
The Theocracy of Israel was Founded with a Feast
"So they saw God, and they ate and drank."
Moses, who had already seen God on Mount Sinai, took the 70 elders up on the mount, along with Aaron and his sons, to meet God. This feast was to celebrate the covenant made between God and Israel. The symbolism behind the action of feasting is designed to show that union and fellowship with God brings, as Paul said,
"righteousness and peace and joy,"
which are pictured as a feast. This is why the marriage union was always celebrated by seven days of feasting—as a figure of our spiritual union with God.
Feasting Represented the Faith-Rest Life
"And there
[in the land]
you shall eat before the LORD your God, and you shall rejoice in
all to which you have put your hand, you and your households, in which the
LORD your God has blessed you … for as yet you have not come to the rest and the inheritance
which the LORD your God is giving you."
The land of Canaan was intended by God to be a refuge for Israel, where feasting and rejoicing were the norm. Certainly, there were enemies in the land, and they had to be defeated before the celebrations could begin. Even so, until the enemies in our own souls are conquered, we cannot enter into the spiritual feast of the faith-rest life.
The Annual Feasts of Israel Portrayed the Kingdom
"And you shall eat before the LORD your God, in the place where He chooses
to make His name abide … that you may learn to fear the LORD your God always …
You and your household shall eat before the LORD your God year by
year in the place which the LORD chooses."
How amazing is it that God established His chosen people in the land of Israel with a routine of annual feasts—times of celebration where even the poor and destitute were treated to feasting and drinking!
"Go your way, eat the fat, drink the sweet, and send portions to those
for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not sorrow,
for the joy of the LORD is your strength."
In rebuilding and restoring Jerusalem, Nehemiah reminded the people of the original intent of God for the nation. They were to be a separate, holy people. One of the things that set them apart was that they were to be a joyful, celebrating people!
Not only did the Lord establish seven feasts throughout the year, but every seventh year was a year-long sabbatical, celebrated by resting, feasting, and sharing with those less fortunate. Do you begin to get the idea that God wants his people
"eating and drinking"
Salvation is Pictured as an Entrance to a Feast
"Ho! Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and you who have no money, come, buy
and eat. Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price."
When we believe in Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior, we are blessed with
"every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ"
). It is out of the super-abundance of our spiritual treasures that we are to enjoy a continual feast in our souls, and provide joy and rejoicing to those around us who are burdened and
"heavy laden"
). To possess eternal life, to have the daily communion of the indwelling Spirit of God, to have the privilege of being chosen as "the bride of Christ" (
), should result in a life of joyful celebration.
Jesus and the Disciples Brought Celebration Everywhere
"Then the disciples of John came to Him, saying, 'Why do we and the Pharisees
fast often, but your disciples do not fast?'"
Jesus' answer is full of instruction, for He asks,
"Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them?"
And then He says,
"When the bridegroom will be taken from them … then they will fast"
). There are times for feasting and celebration in the spiritual life, and there are times for fasting. Are we wise enough to know the difference? There is nothing more out of place, than someone foolishly celebrating at a time and place for mourning. However, I find it even more tragic to see so many believers who never seem to celebrate!
Jesus worked His first public miracle at a wedding feast (John 2). The lack of sufficient wine may have resulted from His coming with all the disciples, perhaps unannounced. This unexpected drain on the supply (no one in those days would fail to plan and provide plenty of wine), could have turned the joyful event into a tragic memory for this young couple. Jesus, by turning the water into wine, said, in effect, "Let the party continue!"
The Communion—a Joyful Feast
"And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to the disciples
and said, 'Take, eat; this is My body …' Then He took the cup, and gave thanks,
and gave it to them, saying, 'Drink from it, all of you. For this is My blood of the new covenant,
which is shed for many for the remission of sins.'"
Have you ever looked around when Christians are celebrating the Lord's Supper? Doesn't it seem that everyone gets all solemn and sober? This is not what it is supposed to be! It is a celebration of the great work of redemption and liberation, which Christ has done for us. The sorrow of the cross is swallowed up in the victory of the resurrection (
Of all the hindrances and obstacles that the world sees in the visible Church, none prevents so many from seeking entrance into our fellowship more than the lack of the joyful celebration of our so-great salvation (
). Although we need to be careful not to make
"eating and drinking"
our spiritual priority (
), we would all do well to demonstrate more joyful celebration in our lives!
"But let all those rejoice who put their trust in You …
let those also who love Your name be joyful in You."
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Can you skip ore hunting and the laborious mining that follows and just produce gold in a laboratory using chemistry?
Using contemporary 21st century knowledge, the answer is
I open this alchemy discussion with a question in reference to gold, as scholars and philosophers, classically, have described the conversion from a base metal to gold as the quintessential feat for having completed an alchemical transformation. By many interpretations, the classical definition of alchemy is this exact process. However, the true definition and understanding of alchemy is shrouded in mystery. Do I purport to have the true understanding of what alchemy is? No, not to any degree.
While I don't claim to have deciphered the mystery of this art or science, it seems that this ancient art, while long in repute, has redeeming facts and discoveries that it's not much credited for.
After considering such information, what are the implications as it pertains to the surreal claims of alchemy? That is the question that I was forced to ponder after learning a bit more about the matter.
Re-invoking the opening question, can one, with enough knowledge and skill, produce gold from non-gold in a lab using chemistry?
Rather than excavating it naturally, gold can be chemically extracted from, or produced from other substances.
In a video demonstration available online, gold is seen being extracted from chloroauric acid through a chemical process.
Granted, the chloroauric acid already contained atoms of gold, so this feat may not be so impressive. Nonetheless, it is one example of gold existing in alternative chemical states and being chemically refined.
Next, it's no secret that scientists have discovered how to create gold through nuclear physics and particle collisions from other substances.
In fact, while long considered the pseudo-scientific claims of of ancient alchemists, the conversion or transmutation of lead into gold is now known to be a reality. And not only is it a reality, it's already within our capability.
Scientific American published a brief article addressing this matter.
What did the author, John Matson, have to say?
"But what of the fabled transmutation of lead to gold? It is indeed possible—all you need is a particle accelerator, a vast supply of energy and an extremely low expectation of how much gold you will end up with."
Even the Russians–not to insinuate in any way that they are scientifically or technologically inferior to the rest of the world–have not only discovered another process for such, but the discovering scientists have a patent.
In an announcement, they reported their process as being biochemical in nature, rather than nuclear.
So with these undisputed facts, it would seem that the core claim of alchemists has been vindicated as having a real basis in science.
According to Harold Goldwhite, author of Creations of Fire, there are reports of alchemical claims dating all the way back to 100-300 AD. In the documentary film, Gnosis – Alchemy The Real Sorcerer's Stone, Goldwhite gave the following comment:
"The earliest mention of it I've managed to unearth is a treatise attributed to Maria the Jewess. That's probably somewhere between 1 and 300 AD."
If we are to credit the ancient alchemists for not only making such discoveries but also for transcribing their methodologies in the methodical detail that they did, it would mean that advanced knowledge of chemistry has been suppressed for 2000 years. Just imagine how developed the field of chemistry could have been by now? Why did this happen, and who, if anyone, is responsible for this?
According to literature, it is speculated that the monarchs of ancient times suppressed the practice of alchemy, as they feared it would de-stabalize currency. However, investigated a little more deeply, some of those same monarchs were not so against the idea as long as they were the sole proprietors of it. The fear was that others would utilize such knowledge outside of their close supervision.
After understanding the history of the subject a little more, it seems that the tarnishing of alchemy's reputation likely had a lot to do with unfair defamation and suppression. Focusing solely on the core literature, excluding the occultist affairs that eventually followed, alchemy was a real science. In fact, alchemy back then, was what we know as modern chemistry today. Many of the scientific instruments and refining methods used today were originally developed by alchemists.
As I see it, a more accurate definition of an alchemist is one who is a master chemist. Suppose that the first cellphone was invented way back then. Would it have been taken as science or sorcery? An alchemist has a highly advanced understanding in the scientific manipulation of chemistry. This is what allowed alchemists back then to perform certain feats not thought possible, but that are known today as having been possible all along.
Could it be that today's chemists–so-called scientists–spend more time talking about the "impossible" rather than open-mindedly investigating the "possible?" Personally, though I hold no scientific degree at this time, I'm a mad scientist in my own right. I imagine myself, if I were a chemist, spending an innumerable amount of time investigating how to create the famed philosopher's stone or how to start a gold-selling business from my garage.


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Baked Cinnamon Sugar Donuts- a perfectly delicious way to celebrate National Donut Day- or any day for that matter!!
I have always been a little leery of making baked donuts. I thought there was no way they could actually taste good. I thought that without being fried, they would just be dry little hockey pucks with a hole in the middle. So I avoided them.
But the theme for my Celebrating Food group is donuts this month, and I really didn't want to deal with the mess of frying donuts, so bought a donut pan and decided I'd better give them a try.
Whoa. I should have purchase a donut pan ages ago! I was so wrong about baked donuts. They are simply heavenly!!
These cinnamon sugar donuts are light and fluffy, and they just melt in your mouth. The cinnamon sugar topping gets in every nook and cranny, and I can honestly say I like these better than fried cinnamon sugar donuts. Never thought I'd say that.
I made three different recipes the week my pan arrived, and every one of them was amazing! Can't wait to share the rest with you. Everyone had a different favorite, but Rachel and I liked these the best.
As soon as she picked up her donut, Rachel said: "Mmmm, these smell like Christmas." Yes they do Rachel, yes they do. And there's nothing wrong with your house smelling like Christmas in the middle of June. 🙂
Baked Cinnamon Sugar Donuts
- 3/4 cup flour
- 2 Tbsp cornstarch
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg
- 1/3 cup buttermilk
- 1 egg
- 1 Tbsp melted butter
- 1 tsp vanilla
- For topping:
- 3 Tbsp melted butter
- 1/2 cup sugar + 1 tsp cinnamon (mixed together)
- Whisk together flour, cornstarch, sugar, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a mixing bowl.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the buttermilk, egg, melted butter, and vanilla. Add to the dry mixture and stir till just combined.
- Spoon batter into a ziplock bag and snip off the corner. Squeeze the batter into a well greased donut pan. Divide the batter evenly into the six donut wells so the donuts will bake evenly.
- Bake at 375° for 11-12 minutes. Let cool for a couple minutes, then remove to cooling racks. While still warm, brush all sides of each donut with melted butter, then dip in the cinnamon sugar mixture till well coated.
And as always, my blogging buddies have come up with some rockin' awesome donut recipes as well. Be sure you check them out!
Homemade Cronuts from Ashlee Marie
Baked Cinnamon Sugar Donuts from Creations by Kara (you're here!)
Baked Powdered Sugar Donut Holes from Cupcake Diaries
Easy 15- Minute Maple Bars from Butter with a Side of Bread
Easy Chocolate Glazed Donuts from Summer Scraps
Easy Jelly Filled Donuts from Like Mother Like Daughter
Baked Gluten Free Lemon Blueberry Donuts from Tried and Tasty
Lightened Up Strawberry Lemonade Ice Cream Sandwiches from Happy Food Healthy Life
Easy Custard Bismarks from Real Mom Kitchen
Chocolate Glazed Donuts from Jamie Cooks It Up!
And here are a few more donut recipes to check out:
Strawberry Donuts
Funfetti Donuts
Apple Cider Donuts from Real Mom Kitchen
Smore Donuts from Ashlee Marie
Homemade Glazed Donuts from Jamie Cooks it Up!
Maple Donuts from Like Mother Like Daugher
3 Ingredient Pumpkin Donuts from Real Mom Kitchen
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According to various sources, the temporary child custody agreement was in relation to access to the baby. While the agreement did not stipulate for overnight visits, it did set hours of visitation each week. It was supposed to last a few weeks after the birth. However, the mother has reportedly been inconsistent with allowing Tomlinson access to their child leading the musician to file for joint custody. Tomlinson and the woman were not married at the time of the baby's birth.
Sources also stated that the agreement included a $15,000 monthly payment for child support from Tomlinson to the mother and that the musician was renting a $1 million home in Calabasas for the mother and child. If the musician has filed, and the couple is unable to come to an agreement, the dispute might result in a court battle, in which case a judge will then order a custody arrangement that it deems appropriate.
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Sparkling Matter will be extended to Clima Gallery
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Marsèlleria via privata Rezia 2, Milano
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Sparkling Matter is a potentially infinite cyclic horizon, a fertile ground contaminated by sculptural objects, visual patterns and sound data elaborated in a live flux.
Starting from studies based on the states of consciousness active during the various stages of sleep, Matteo Nasini focuses on the possibility of transforming cerebral waves of someone sleeping into sound. The electrophysiological recording of the electroencephalogram (EEG) is able to capture the electrical activity of the brain. This process - here realised with a 16 channel Brain Computer Interface system - permits brain waves to be acquired and re-elaborated into single sound frequencies through an analogue digital process.
What arises is a polyphonic constellation in a continuous evolution in time, which is not directly subject to verifiable parameters, like the intensity variations of Delta, Theta and Alpha waves during the sleep cycles. The focal point of the project is to find an impulse towards a sensitive posture in a listening sphere, a personal attitude inside the abstraction of the sound element, considered as a physical and spatial dimension, both personal and collective. The real perception of a purely evocative form as the spectrum of sounds audible during the two sleep concerts, will allow the listener to experiment with his own hypnagogic state, entering a transitional state of consciousness between wakefulness and falling asleep, when images and thoughts tend to acquire a vague and almost blurred nature.
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Sparkling Matter thus reveals itself as elusive matter and living substance, as much as a complex and hectic object. It is a rhythmic landscape of impulses and light trails acting on a liminal zone, ready to contract and expand; it is a soundtrack of signs striving for a plastic form. It is a temporal folding where the mind, followed by the body, slips into a 'region of the consciousness'. The attempt to give it a voice and a form is a way of grasping and sharing it. (Giovanna Manzotti)


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Here i am typing this last entry for 2016 out at 5am in the morning, keeping my fingers crossed that it will be out before the clock strikes 12 midnight lol and no i did not purposely wake up early to have some "me time" as that's non- existent anymore with a baby around yo!
So whatever time i have awake i'll try to blog abit here and there. Just done sorting out about 30% of my stuff to be donated or sold off since i have no use for them anymore but the house mess is never ending *sobs*, it's like i can never have a nice clean house for once due to the amount of stuff accumulated over time and i'm kinda surprised myself that i have this ability of keeping (more like shoving everything away) stuff with the excuse "might have a use for it in the future" so from there forth the bad habit of hoarding unnecessary stuff like empty boxes, wrapping paper and other weird junks. So do look out on my page for stuff i am giving out for free or selling off at dirt cheap prices , also a reminder to potential freebie hoarders on my page- please don't be picky over free stuff and only take what you need.
Moving on, i am gonna cram everything i can in this final blogpost for 2016 and because i don't have the luxury of time and frankly rather lazy to write 3 entries also haha!
So bear with me another long winded post (as usual) and i am pretty surprise you guys actually read my entire post from top to bottom because i personally feel it can be tad too long at times and like my high school English teacher always say stop "writing a novel, keep it short and simple".
But i can't!! I have so many things to say la.
How would i grade myself from a scale of 1-10 as a new mom, i would say 3/10 and before you guys start judging me on how i do my job as a mom please take a mirror out and look at it for a good 10 minutes and ask yourself these questions- "Are you God? If No, don't judge others".
First month with a baby was a heck of a struggle indeed, so many mental meltdowns and constantly questioning myself whether i had made the right decision or not.
From trying to learn her baby ways, adjusting to my new body changes and in general it's like starting afresh as your old life is non existent anymore. You are literally reborn into this haggard, sleep deprived zombie called "MOM".
Whenever i am stuck in a situation that i can't figure out what's wrong with the baby and google isn't all that helpful , this would trigger my old depression scars. Those baby cries are just so scary lol.
And before you idiots start calling the social workers to my door, just so you know you are condemning me to my death by taking my daughter away from me. Hope karma hits you so bad and i'll swear to roam this earth as a restless soul to haunt those responsible for this.
It's like new mothers are not allowed to rant about their daily baby struggles while everyone else can voice out about their shitty day. How unfair is that?
We mothers deserve to let off some steam too without being judged but who am i kidding? Society already shame us for breastfeeding in public so that's why they invented those uncomfortable nursing capes. Why don't they give a us a break already after we have gone through so much physically and mentally. Shit heads.
Gonna be super frank about Mariko here, she's just like every newborn- downright "annoying"
Yep babies are cute, adorable or whatever word you use to describe them especially if they are not yours but behind closed doors these lil monsters show their true nature. They cry day and night during every waking moment without reason (not hungry, clean diapers, no colic and warm clothes) because that's their way of communicating with you. Though i know this but the way she screams is just so heart wrenching and i can't do much about it except drop everything and try to cradle her in my arms until she stops crying. The moment i put her down, she continues her episode again and this goes on and on like an endless cycle everyday. This is definitely sure to drive any sane person up the wall and imagine what does this do to a partially nut head like myself. At times like this i wish i had my numbing medication but you can't take anti depressants while breastfeeding.
This mental stress was one of the reasons why my milk supply started dropping, from being able to pump extra 2-3 full bags a day while being in the confinement home, i am even lucky to get 1 bag full out of 24 hours. Another cause of it aside from the stress was not getting enough food (no time to cook for myself) and sufficient rest as i have to stay up to observe and nurse a sick baby making sure she doesn't stop breathing in the middle of the night.
During her recent hospital visit from my instagram update it was because she had breathing difficulties and apparently diagnosed with bronchitis but there isn't much we can do as she's only 1 month old so we gotta wait it out and manually help her in the process like i had to suck out her mucus from her nose using my mouth lol sounds gross but once you are a mom after being peed on, pooped and puked on daily, a lil mucus seems nothing.
Another thing i've learned from nursing Mariko was always wear a mask near a sick baby as their germs seems to be extra harmful to adults. To a baby it might seem like a common flu but once an adult contracts it, the outcome is torturous! I developed a fever and a terrible flu which lasted until now and it's been more than a week already so i have to be put on antibiotics which seems to be my daily medication instead of those multivitamins lol. After delivering the baby i was immediately prescribed antibiotics due to an infected burn on my leg and after finishing that i am now sick from the baby so back to the same meds again. But i do thank you guys for keeping us in your prayers for our recovery!
Goodbye 2016
Maybe with the bad stuff first before a happy ending shall we? Lol. This year has been one HELL of challenge for me to make such huge commitments and changes to my selfish life (yes all single people are selfish) never did i expect to see myself as a mother right now or anywhere near this position in the future but some of these things just come when we least expect them to right because that's how life messes with us.
I've lost alot of things in 2016, first of all a person whom i deemed as my best friend and partner left me and did not acknowledge lil parasite at all (he never will), i've lost another old friend to cancer which she kept hushed from most of us in the circle, we miss you tons Narukids but we know for a fact you are no longer suffering but in eternal paradise :)
I couldn't find a proper job after i've lost my previous one at the end of 2015 after they abruptly closed down due to economy downfall so i was left looking for any job that could keep me afloat, so it was a series of working seriously underpaid full time jobs and hoping here and there for an offer slightly higher even if it's just RM100-200 extra. Sounds pathetic but can't do anything about it and till today i am actually still earning a fresh grads pay of less than 3k and the recent articles of fresh grads asking for 6k to sustain their living. Wtf man! How about us here who also have a toilet roll (graduates) and couple of year work experience under our belt but still earning a measly basic salary? And all these freshies asking for so much but yet nothing to offer in return and they ask me why interns get paid so low, think of it this way- you are being paid with the knowledge and experience from work which is beneficial for you once you have graduated.
Won't deny i did struggle financially for quite awhile before i found my footing after finding out i was expecting #mylilparasite. It wasn't a wise decision to keep a child at that point of time but i miraculously managed to pull through with all the extra freelance job i had throughout the year from my blog, being a content writer and minor fashion designing that contributed to Mariko's savings which i am grateful for. Could say that i spent most of my 2016 worrying over my financials because of all the commitments i got myself into.
Another huge decision i made was i bought my first car (2nd hand) and finally drove after 5 years of not touching the wheel lol it was one of the best decisions made but i am RM250 poorer every month paying back the loan. Without the car, i wouldn't have been able to be fully independent especially when i had to go for my monthly obgyn visits all the way in Kajang and now bringing my baby for her check ups. But to be really honest having a car you'll actually save more in terms of time and some money as public transport isn't all that cheap these days and when you calculate your overall costs (roughly almost the same but one offers you comfort), car vs public transport you are sure to get a car instead.
Electronics officially HATES me
Anything that's electrical will definitely die on me even before their expected KO dates, like how my laptop totally stopped working out of the blue, phone camera is officially unusable anymore, external hard disk is showing really concerning signs like unable to read it whenever i plug it into my laptop and last but not least the fridge. Remembered when i first moved into my current place i posted up that was looking for a 2nd hand fridge as that was the only budget i could afford. Managed to find one but it died within 3 months leaving me so upset as i wasn't ready to spend another couple of hundreds just to get a new fridge. But in the end i NEEDED a fridge or else how am i going to store my breast milk supply, so thank god lazada had the option of paying via installment for 6 months which helped eased my spending burden abit. To some people RM700 might seem like a small sum but it's painful for me to give it all out at once as i have to think of paying other stuff as well like medical bills, rent and my car.
In general i spent alot on NECESSITIES and hardly got to treat myself well as a result i pushed myself to work harder so that i may have some savings for my baby but had to risk my health in the process. I never had an enjoyable pregnancy journey like other mothers, i had to do alot of hard work and sacrificed my sleep, didn't had any partner to assure me that everything was going to be alright before my final push. It sucks, honestly it does very much and instead of saying that life isn't fair to me, i knew that by selecting this path it was going to give me this result. You can say i ASKED for it but i am still surviving till this day, just shows that i am capable of anything if i put my mind and efforts to it *pats self on the back*.
Now that the fridge is out of the way, i need to get a deep freezer to move my milk supply over as i can't close my current freezer door anymore and i am taking a huge risk of spoiling it if it does not freeze properly, especially now that my current low produce the frozen supply is so precious. But i needed to get my laptop, phone and external hard disk replaced at the same time and from the looks of it, it could easily reach up to 10k just like that. So that left me in a huge dilemma on which i should get first as they are all equally important to me but after calculating the total costs it was too much for me to afford at all without feeling the huge pinch in my bank account.
And along came a miracle when a mysterious person decided to donate to me his old laptop which i am currently using to right now. No words could thank this good Samaritan enough for slightly easing my burden and i wish i could repay his kindness. Though we spoke to each other briefly, one of his words left me in awe; "you can repay the kindness by passing it forward", this seriously triggered my tears. In my entire life i've learned that everything comes with a price and people only offer help because they want something in return but this kind man did not want anything but to spread the generosity to other hoping that this small gesture will spread out making the world a better place.
It gave me hope that genuine kind people still exists and there's hope for humanity after all, Thank you sir and may God bless you and your family abundantly.
The Failed Relationship
Biggest lesson in 2016 has taught me that i am stronger than i credit myself to be and i don't need a man in my life to make me whole and complete. Also you can't love someone when you can't even love yourself, i know i have body image issues and tons of insecurities but it's time for me to put all those behind me and learn how to accept myself as it is.
If i am not satisfied with my body, i should take control and do something about it instead of moping around dwelling in self pity.
Yes, i love him with all my heart till this very day but my feelings no longer mean anything to him so time to finally let go than continue this toxicity that leaves me feeling so miserable everyday. If there is one thing i know about love, it's that i can never love anyone else as much as i did for him and as cheesy as it might sound it was a love at first sight for me 8 years ago but took him 6 years to finally notice it and 1 year to just leave me broken. Thank you for the wonderful memories together as friends and lovers, you'll always be missed and i wish you well in your new relationship. At least i have Mariko in my life now.
Learning to be Thankful
Blessings comes in many forms whether we noticed them or not, sometimes it hard to identify them in this fast paced life but when you finally do stop to smell the roses, you'll be surprised to find these blessings right under our noses. With every storm there is always a sliver lining, though the unfortunate events always outweighs the good ones at that point of time we shouldn't let it be the deciding factor of our lives. I always tell myself that i am plain unlucky in life, nothing ever falls into place because God hates me, but to think of it, it is actually a state of mind i choose to put myself in hence making me into such a pessimistic person. It isn't bad to be pessimistic, shows that you have a grounded and realistic mindset but the key is to be balance which i am clearly lacking of.
So for this year, i shall try my best to be slightly be abit more positive because if i don't practice doing it now, how else can i tell my daughter that everything is going to be alright during her lowest moments.
Last year i learned how to filtered out the fake friends from the genuine ones after learning how badly i've been back-stabbed by people whom i considered as "close friends" including my ex partner. So i kept my circle of friends small and that was the best decision i have ever made for 2016 because less drama and unnecessary stress. To those that has a problem with me, i would just eliminate them from my life without any notice because i don't need another idiot to mess up my life further. Makes me feel abit wiser lol.
Sometimes old friends aren't always the ones who stay by our side forever but in the process we do create new ones in the most unlikeliest of places that's bond is stronger than the last one. You guys know who you are :)
So my own so called "goals" is for my own personal well-being- to be more patient, to be kinder, to be selfless and of course to count every single blessing no matter how big or small.
As a Mother- To learn more and guide Mariko as best as i can.
For my work life- To be more hardworking, to have better time management and learn breathing techniques to deal with idiotic people (or just get a punching bag).
Would like to thank everyone for lending me their support, encouraging words on my blog, all these means alot to me though you might not know it. Also those who were kind to contribute to keep this blog running, but now the funds will be used to raise Mariko instead :)
That's all for my long ass post, was supposed to be longer as i have more elaborate stories to share but Mariko needs me now, so i'm ending this post here :)
Have a blessed New year everyone!


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Your input has been very useful. I would like to prepare a document or set of documents to my team here. I have never done this kind of thing before (deploying an Application Server in production). How can I put together a production plan or something. I will utilize the information provided by you. By architecture and requirements documents, what exactly should I address? Mark Aufdencamp wrote: > > Hi ilango_g, > > I don't see much traffic in this area, so I'll share my experience and > architecture thoughts. > > The documentation that Hernan refered to was very helpful in setting up > my production Geronimo Server's. A good architecture diagram(s) and > requirements document would be in order. > > I utilize a pair of old Compaq 3000 Linux Edge Server's (RedHat 9 and > tar ball builds) on the public network. They each provide NTP, DNS, > HTTP, and SSH services. SMTP will be added in the near future. > Connectivity to Geronimo is provided through the Apache mod_jk module. > > These server's really function as hybrid application router's. The > primary purpose is as a security vehicle and audit trail point. They > have a strict exterior firewall ruleset for the provided services. I'm > currently working on running more of these services in chroot jails. > Both of the servers currently live on a single circuit. I will > eventually add a second circuit and move one of them over to it. No > load balancing is currently implemented, but the capability exists. > > On the interior network are a pair of Windows 2003 Server's that are old > Compaq 8500's. They have MySQL and PostgreSQL installed along with > Geronimo 1.1.1. Yes, I'm working on moving to 2.1:). I'm utilizing the > stock AJP Connector to communicate with the apache instance on the edge > server's. This configuration requires host definitions in apache, with > appropriate DNS records, and configuration of the mod_jk forwarder. > > I'm not currently doing any clustering of the database's or the > application server's. Traffic currently goes to a single server with a > hot stand by ready to go in case of emergency or for maintenance. The > Application Servers have had the MySQL and PostgreSQL JDBC Drivers > installed into the server repository. (The download driver feature > rocks!) I've also defined database pools for both, and security realms > that utilize the database pools. The Java Windows Service Wrapper will > probably be the hardest part of building the actual production > Application Server. > > My application utilizes a single database for multiple customers. > Segmentation is accomplished via the server hostname. All traffic comes > into a single instance of the application, but with a specific hostname > for the customer. I strip the hostname out and pass it as a parameter > to all of my business layer Stateless Session Beans. This provides good > performance, an easy segmentation strategy, and the future ability to > provision clients dynamically via simple database backed name service > provider. (BIND zone from a database table) > > Dealing with/Training a System Administrator to deploy this kind of > environment has the potential to be frustrating. A good architecture > diagram that identifies the platforms hardware, operating system, and > services with version requirements will be a necessity. Include your > public network exposure expectations and audit the build with security > tools. Don't forget to identify the production maintenance > requirements, like backup, OS and service upgrades, monitoring, etc... > This is definitely a plan on doing it twice type of deployment . Build > it in the lab, before attempting to deploy it in production. > > Hope that's some good food for thought! > > Mark Aufdencamp > email@example.com > >> -------- Original Message -------- >> Subject: Guidelines for deploying Geronimo in a production system >> From: ilango_g <email@example.com> >> Date: Fri, April 04, 2008 10:18 am >> To: firstname.lastname@example.com >> >> >> Hi >> This might be set of naive questions about Geronimo. >> If I want to deploy Geronimo Server in a Production Environment, what are >> broad guidelines to follow. >> Can anyone share their experiences with me as to how one might deploy a >> production scale Geronimo based application. >> >> I would like to be able to start preparing documentation for production >> deployment. >> >> Any suggestions, pointers in this direction will help and are highly >> appreciated. >> >> ilango >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://www.nabble.com/Guidelines-for-deploying-Geronimo-in-a-production-system-tp16491551s134p16491551.html >> Sent from the Apache Geronimo - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Guidelines-for-deploying-Geronimo-in-a-production-system-tp16491551s134p16851760.html Sent from the Apache Geronimo - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
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High Fat Diet Increased Serum Glutamate Dehydrogenase more than Chronic Acetaminophen Dosing in Female Mice
This laboratory study examined the effects of acetaminophen overdose in normal fed and high-fat fed female mice. Forty female mice were placed on normal and high-fat diets at 4 weeks old. When the mice were significantly different in weight (between 6 and 9 months old), half the mice were dosed with acetaminophen. These mice were daily given an overdose of acetaminophen for 14 days. The dose used was 300 mg/kg mouse (LD50 = 338 mg/kg). The control group was given 10 µl water/g mouse. Levels of serum glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) were measured to indicate liver damage. GDH is released from liver mitochondria indicating mitochondrial damage and toxicity. Based on a two-way ANOVA, the mean GDH levels were significantly higher in the high-fat diet mice groups (p < 0.001). This suggests damage to liver mitochondria due to high-fat diet alone. Liver weights of all female mice groups were documented and statistically analyzed and showed significant difference between diet groups (p < 0.001) and diet*treatment groups (p = 0.026). Visible fat content in all livers was also analyzed and showed significant difference between diet groups (p < 0.001) and treatment (acetaminophen or control) groups (p = 0.001).
Steven Mercurio
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Michael Bentley
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Master of Science (MS)
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Behmer, Elizabeth Ruth, "High Fat Diet Increased Serum Glutamate Dehydrogenase more than Chronic Acetaminophen Dosing in Female Mice" (2014). All Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects. 370.
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With Akuma in from Capcom, SNK's legendary antagonist Geese Howard will be coming to Tekken 7.
Bandai Namco will launch Geese Howard in "Tekken 7" in Winter 2017 for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC platforms, although the Japanese publisher did not announce a specific release date.
Fans are still waiting for Bandai Namco to bring back some of the older characters but instead of doing that, they chose to add in the new Geese Howard, a character from Fatal Fury. Pricing hasn't been revealed just yet. As it turns out, the next add-on character for the title has been revealed and it's none other than Fatal Fury's Geese Howard. Check out Geese's gameplay video below.More news: Delray Beach toddler dies in hot vehicle
A third guest member, even more character costumes and a new stage are will be added to Tekken 7 in Spring 2018.
Geese Howard originally appeared in the 1991 SNK fighter, Fatal Fury: King of Fighters as a crime boss in the fictional city of South Town. At first, he made sure to share to give Dragon Ball FighterZ some love before delving into the game he's still fine tuning to perfection - Tekken 7.


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Australian Art 1985 - 1999
text: Professor Margaret Plant
Often the response to art at any one time pays attention to the newest art and to current trends. While activity that appears both original and cohesive is a key indicator of relevant cultural issues at any one time, the situation overall is invariably more complex. This selection of images aims to give some sense of the variety of art activity in recent years.A Monash University Web Project Link


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When I sleep, my astral eyes look through the windows of your eyes, into your green galaxy. I occupy your golden bones – charging antlers, fleet speed – to roam: I will go into a deer. And I will be free.
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Thursday, December 5, 2013
Sunbeam Eggs
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Thank you! This is so great!!ReplyDelete
The bird pictures are large. How do you shrink them to make them stickers?ReplyDelete
I'm not chorister, but I do teach the Sunbeams and I think this will be very helpful. Love you blog, thank you!ReplyDelete
Dunson Family--I am sure Erin will have a better way of shrinking them down, but I do know that if you download it and print it from Adobe Reader, you can print 16 pages/sheet on the printing options. You just go down to Page Size & Handling. Click the button labeled Multiple and change the pages/sheet to 16. That might work for you, but like I said, Erin probably has a better way of doing it.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 1, 2015 at 1:49 AM
I use the same concept only my sunbeams sit on their sunshines to keep them warm. At the end of class I check to see how warm they are, with a big to-do about how my hands are burning up! They get a treat at the end if the suns are hot. Works great!ReplyDelete
I love this idea! Thank you for sharing!ReplyDelete
Thank you! So fun!! I need this for our new sunbeams- my busy, spirited 3 year old daughter especially!! Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
I do the sunshine method, too, and it works wonders. I print out a smaller picture of the suns they sit on, then tape a candy to it so they can have a "badge" of sorts.ReplyDelete


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...these days few if any women understand a single witty remark or, if they do understand, know how to reply to one-a source of universal shame for us all and for every woman alive today (pp. 64-5).
Few women these days understand wit, and if they do happen to understand, they do not know how to reply to a witty remark. They believe that the inability to converse with other women and gentlemen is a sign of a pure soul.
Master Alberto, a notable physician from Bologna, attended a feat one day. He happened to see a beautiful woman who he believed to be the widow Madonna Malgherida dei Ghisolieri. He instantly felt the pangs of love in his seventy year old heart. He began to go by this woman's house daily to catch a glimpse of her because he found it hard to sleep, if he was not able to see her. The lady and her friends knew why he passed by so often and they would make fun of him.
One day the ladies were all gathered together when they saw Master Alberto approaching. They invited him to join them and then asked as politely as they could why he had fallen in love with such a young and beautiful woman, especially since there are other more handsome, noble, and clever men seeking her hand.
The doctor replied that the fact that I am in love is not surprising to a person who is wise, especially the lady in question because she is very worthy of this love. Older men are more experienced and make better choices than younger men.
The women were ashamed of themselves. The lady told the doctor that she holds his love dear and he should feel free to ask her for anything he desires besides her honor.
The doctor got up and left, and the lady found herself as the one who lost out on something good. Learn from this woman's mistake.
Day 1 ConclusionPampinea handed over her rule to Filomena. Pampinea took off her laurel crown and placed it upon Filomena's head and then everyone hailed her as the new Queen.
Filomena spoke to the group: I believe that we should continue the routine set up by Pampinea until it becomes tedious. The only change I wish to make is to restrict the theme of tomorrow's stories. The theme shall be people who have undergone a series of misfortunes but then have a happy ending.
Everyone fell quiet and Dioneo asked Filomena: I ask to not be forced to stick with the prescribed theme of the day, but instead I wish to be allowed to tell any story that I choose. I also volunteer to go last.
The Queen granted him this request, because she knew that the only reason he asked, was so that he would be able to pick up everyone's spirits and make them laugh, after hearing so many stories on the same theme.
They ended the night with a song.
Boccaccio, Giovanni. The Decameron. Translated by Mark Musa and Peter Bondanella, Signet Classic, 1982.


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Although MSNBC hasn't giving favorable coverage to the Hobby Lobby Supreme Court decision, their hosts have their limits. Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI) railed against the Supreme Court's ruling on "MSNBC Live," at first questioning Hobby Lobby's religious sincerity, an argument she retreated from when host Craig Melvin asked her if she was really questioning whether Hobby Lobby was a religious business.
Moore then stated, "What I am objecting to is that they should not — these bosses should not be able to tell their employees that they cannot use birth control."
Melvin quickly pointed out that Moore's statement was incorrect, and said, "It should be noted they did not tell their employees they could not use birth control."
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In 1867 John Roberts was granted a liquor licence for the Carters' Arms Hotel on the corner of High Street and Separation Street Northcote. Roberts was a long time Northcote resident who was to live in Arthurton Road for many years after he ceased owning the hotel.
In 1870 the hotel was briefly run by Edwin Witton, who changed the name of the hotel to Wittons' Arms Hotel. Roberts later returned as publican and the hotel reverted to its original name.
The hotel was a two storey, rendered brick building, although there is some possibility that it had originally been a corrugated iron building before being rebuilt in the 1890s.
Sometime after Mary Kelly took over the Carters Arms in 1927 the building was completed remodelled with a cupola added to the south west corner of the building, ornamental plasterwork added to the exterior and and the rear of the building extended.
Like all hotels the Carters' Arms Hotel was adversely affected by the six o'clock closing imposed by the State Government in 1916. On Saturdays the locals would purchase a few bottles of beer before the Carters' Arms closed and move into the Northcote Brickworks as the back of the hotel to drink in peace and quiet, providing of course that they could avoid the police.
The hotel continued to operate successfully up until the closing of the Northcote Brickworks in 1977. The hotel and part of the brickworks site was later purchased to build the Northcote Central Shopping Centre. In 1989 the hotel was demolished. A solitary glass pane from the hotel still hangs in Toto's pizza restaurant.
Carters Arms Hotel publicans.
Cole, Robert K. Index of Hotels 1841 – 1949. Unpublished manuscript.
Edge, Gary (2004). Surviving the six o'clock swill: a history of Darebin's hotels. Melbourne. Darebin Libraries.
Lewis, Robert (2002). The first twenty: recalling 1928-1948. Balwyn East, Vic: Publishing IT.
Various articles 1922-1940 The Argus (Melbourne, Vic : 1848-1956)
Varous articles 1968-1988 Northcote Leader (Northcote, Vic: 1882- )


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Category 4 strike the strongest to the keys in 57 years!
Story Highlights
Hurricane Irma hammering the Florida Keys as a Category 4 hurricane.
Destructive winds are ongoing in many parts of South Florida, already.
Hurricane and storm surge warnings have been extended northward in Florida.
A catastrophic storm surge will swamp parts of southwest Florida Sunday.
Destructive winds will then race up the Florida Peninsula.
Irma will then race northward along the Florida Gulf Coast through Monday.
Category 4
Hurricane Irma, a Category 4 hurricane, is making landfall now as the strongest hurricane in the Lower Florida Keys in 57 years and will then deliver a potentially catastrophic strike up the Florida Peninsula.
Hurricane and Storm Surge Watches and Warnings
Life-threatening and historic storm surge is likely in parts of South Florida, according to the National Weather Service.
A storm surge warning has been issued from the South Santee River southward to the Jupiter Inlet and on the peninsula from North Miami Beach to the Ochlockonee River, including the Florida Keys and Tampa Bay.
(INTERACTIVE: How Much Storm Surge May Occur)
In addition, hurricane and tropical storm watches and warnings have been issued.
Hurricane warnings now extend as far north as Fernandina Beach on the Atlantic side, and up to Indian Pass on the Gulf side, and well into southern Georgia. Included in the hurricane warnings are the Florida Keys, Naples, Ft. Myers, the Tampa/St. Petersburg metro, Miami, West Palm Beach, Tallahassee, Thomasville and Valdosta.
Hurricane warnings also continue for a portion of a north coast of Cuba. Hurricane warnings mean hurricane conditions are either occurring or expected to occur within 36 hours.
A hurricane watch is also in effect for the Georgia coast northward to Edisto Beach, South Carolina. A watch means hurricane conditions are possible within 48 hours.
Tropical storm warnings are in effect for the western Florida panhandle outside of the Pensacola metro area and along the Georgia and South Carolina coasts up to the South Santee River.
Watches and Warnings
Irma's Latest Status, Conditions
The center of Irma is located very near Key West, Florida, and is moving northwest at about 8 mph.
(MORE: Irma's Notable Extremes)
Current Storm Status
The NWS office in Key West warned of "swaths of tornado-like damage" possible in the eyewall that is currently hammering the Lower Keys. Storm surge in Key West has already topped 2.5 feet and should rise as water continues to pile into the Keys around the eyewall of Irma.
A Weatherflow station at Smith Shoal Light, about 15 miles northwest of Key West, recorded a wind gust of 96 mph just after 5 a.m. An 89 mph gust was recorded at 7:16 a.m. at the NWS Office in Key West.
Several gusts from 60 to 70 mph were clocked in Miami and West Palm Beach, with trees downed, stop signs downed, and shutters ripped off on Ocean Drive in South Beach, according to NBC 6 Miami.
Other notable wind gusts so far:
- Marathon Key: 88 mph
- Deerfield Beach: 77 mph
- Miami International Airport measured a wind gust of 75 mph – this site is located at 95 feet in elevation
- Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport: 70 mph
Wind gusts from 40 to 50 mph have also spread north as far as the Georgia Coast. At least one tree was downed in St. Simons Island, Georgia, early Sunday.
An extensive area of heavy rainbands had already formed well north of the center of Irma over much of the Florida Peninsula, flirting with the Georgia Coast.
Over 10 inches of rain has already triggered flooding that shut down a stretch of U.S. 1 in Ft. Pierce, Florida, with water reportedly into at least one home and parked cars flooded.
NOAA's Storm Prediction Center has issued a tornado watch valid until noon EDT for all of southern and east-central Florida. The watch area includes West Palm Beach, Miami, Key West, Fort Myers, Vero Beach and Melbourne.
(TRACK IRMA: Current Weather Conditions and Webcams)
Current Wind, Radar, Watches, and Warnings
Projected Path and Intensity
After raking through the Keys, Irma will next strike southwest Florida with Category 4 intensity Sunday.
At this intensity, small deviations in wind speed intensity will not significantly change impacts. A direct hit will be devastating.
(INTERACTIVE MAP: Track Irma)
Here's a general overview of the timing for impacts from Irma.
Potential Impact Timing
- Bahamas: Tropical storm conditions in parts of the northwest Bahamas at least through Sunday night
- Cuba: Hurricane conditions along north-central Cuba coast through Sunday morning
- Florida: Hurricane-force winds arrive in South Florida and the Florida Keys spread north up the peninsula Sunday through early Monday; improvement Monday from south to north
- Georgia-Carolinas: Late Sunday-Monday, possibly lingering into early Tuesday in some areas
Projected Path
It is important to remember not to just focus on the forecast cone, as it does not take into account the large size of Irma, with dangerous impacts expected outside of the path of the center.
(MORE: Beware 'I' Hurricanes)
South Florida Forecast, Impacts
According to the latest National Hurricane Center's forecast, the center of Irma will pass over the Florida Keys Sunday morning, then track toward the southwest coast or the west coast of Florida coast Sunday afternoon.
Forecast Storm-Surge Flooding
The following life-threatening water-level rises (storm surge) are possible in South Florida Sunday, according to the National Hurricane Center, if they occur at high tide:
- Southwestern Florida from Cape Sable to Captiva: 10 to 15 feet
- Captiva to Anna Maria Island: 6 to 10 feet
- Card Sound Bridge through Cape Sable, including the Florida Keys: 5 to 10 feet
- North Miami Beach to Card Sound Bridge, including Biscayne Bay: 3 to 5 feet
- North of North Miami Beach: 1 to 2 feet
(INTERACTIVE: How Much Storm Surge May Occur)
PLEASE evacuate as instructed by local emergency managers if you're in an area where storm surge is forecast. Water (storm surge, rainfall flooding) is what claims the large majority of lives in hurricanes.
Depending on the exact track of Irma, locations in the hurricane warning areas could see devastating to catastrophic impacts, including structural damage and widespread power and communication outages from high winds. The National Weather Service said that areas in the hurricane warning could be uninhabitable for weeks or months.
Hurricane-Force Wind Probabilities
If that wasn't enough, up to 25 inches of rain is possible. Here are the latest rainfall forecasts from the National Hurricane Center and the Weather Prediction Center:
- The Florida Keys: 15 to 20 inches, with isolated 25-inch totals
- Southern Florida Peninsula: 10 to 15 inches, with isolated 20-inch totals
Numerous tornadoes are likely along the southeast coast of Florida and over the Everglades, to the north and east of Irma's eye. Numerous tornadoes and waterspouts were reported in south Florida on Saturday evening.
North Florida Forecast, Impacts
Irma's center is expected to track up the Florida west coast later Sunday into Monday.
Dangerous water-level rises (storm surge) are also possible in north Florida, according to the National Hurricane Center, if they occur at high tide:
- Anna Maria Island to Clearwater Beach, including Tampa Bay: 5 to 8 feet
- Clearwater Beach to Ochlockonee River: 4 to 6 feet
- South Santee Beach in South Carolina south to Fernandina Beach in northeast Florida: 4 to 6 feet
- Fernandina Beach to North Miami Beach: 2 to 4 feet
Significant inland wind damage and rainfall flooding could occur in parts of north and central Florida, given Irma's large and growing size.
Locally heavy rainfall is expected, with up to 20 inches possible, based on the latest rainfall forecasts from the National Hurricane Center and the Weather Prediction Center:
- North Florida Peninsula: 8 to 12 inches, with isolated 16-inch totals
- Eastern Florida Panhandle: 3 to 6 inches, with isolated 10-inch totals
Rainfall Forecast
The threat for tornadoes increases along the East Coast, especially to the north and east of where the center passes beginning late Sunday into early Monday.
Georgia, Carolinas Forecast, Impacts
The center of Irma is then expected to track into Georgia Monday afternoon into Tuesday.
Dangerous water-level rises (storm surge) of 4 to 6 feet are also possible from South Santee River, South Carolina, to Fernandina Beach, Florida, according to the National Hurricane Center, if they occur at high tide.
Significant inland wind damage and rainfall flooding could occur in parts of Georgia and the Carolinas, as well.
A forecast model developed by Seth Guikema (University of Michigan), Steven Quiring (Ohio State University) and Brent McRoberts (Texas A&M) predicted over 2-million customers could be without power from Florida to east Tennessee from Irma's widespread winds.
Potential Power Outages
Dangerous surf and coastal flooding will likely exist throughout the southeastern U.S. coastline even well away from Irma's center this weekend into early next week.
In fact, the National Weather Service in Charleston, South Carolina, said that record tide levels, topping those during Hurricane Matthew, are possible at Ft. Pulaski, Georgia, and storm surge at Charleston Harbor Monday could top that seen from Matthew, exceeded only by Hurricane Hugo in 1989.
(MORE: Why Irma May Produce Coastal Flooding Worse Than Matthew Along the Georgia, South Carolina Coasts)
Heavy rainfall is expected to spread across the Southeast. Here are the latest rainfall forecasts from the National Hurricane Center and the Weather Prediction Center:
- Southeast Georgia: 8 to 12 inches, with isolated 16-inch totals
- Rest of Georgia, southern and western South Carolina, western North Carolina: 3 to 6 inches, with isolated 10-inch totals
- Eastern Alabama and southern Tennessee: 2 to 5 inches
Isolated tornadoes will be a concern into early next week.
Cuba, Bahamas Forecast
Hurricane conditions are expected to persist in portions of northern Cuba Sunday.
Dangerous water-level rises (storm surge) of 5 to 10 feet remain possible, according to the National Hurricane Center, if they occur at high tide.
Heavy rainfall is also expected. Here are the latest rainfall forecasts from the National Hurricane Center and the Weather Prediction Center:
- Western Cuba: 3 to 6 inches, with isolated 10-inch totals
- Western Bahamas: additional 2 to 4 inches, with isolated-6 inch totals
Recap: Leeward Islands Battered
The Leeward Islands were pounded by Irma late Tuesday into Wednesday.
Irma's 185-mph winds made it the strongest hurricane to strike the Leeward Islands region, according to Dr. Phil Klotzbach, a tropical scientist at Colorado State University. That beat out the Okeechobee Hurricane (1928) and David (1979), which both had 160-mph winds at their peak in the Leeward Islands.
Irma first passed over Barbuda, an island of 1,600 residents, with gusts of at least 155 mph overnight into Wednesday morning. A storm surge of about eight feet was also recorded.
Early Wednesday morning, the eye of Irma then moved over St. Martin, St. Barthelemy and near Anguilla, where sustained winds of 117 mph were measured.
(LATEST NEWS: Irma Slams Caribbean)
In addition, a 111-mph gust was reported on Culebra.
Irma made landfall as a Category 5 hurricane late Friday night along the Camaguey Archipelago of Cuba. This is the first landfall of a Category 5 hurricane in Cuba since 1924, based on NOAA's historical hurricane tracks database. In Ciego de Avila, Cuba, Saturday morning, a wind gust to 159 mph was reported.
Check back with weather.com for updates on Irma through the weekend for the very latest. We will be updating our coverage of Irma frequently based on the latest forecast guidance for its future track and intensity.


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AES Energy Storage, NEC Energy Solutions, and RES Americas Score Highest in Navigant Research Assessment of Energy Storage Systems Integrators, According to Navigant Research
Leading players have a track record of successful projects and are willing to adapt to market demand, report finds
BOULDER, Colo.--A new Leaderboard Report from Navigant Research examines the strategy and execution of 12 leading energy storage systems integrators (ESSIs), including vendor profiles, ratings, and rankings, with the goal of providing industry participants an objective assessment of these companies' relative strengths and weaknesses in the market.
While ESSI players were few and far between just a few years ago, today, a variety of new entrants are populating the market. Battery prices have responded to cost pressures, compelling ESSI providers to deliver more consistent pricing, and the scaling of the industry overall is expected to rely on these vendors and their approach to the market. Click to tweet: According to a new Leaderboard report from Navigant Research, AES Energy Storage, NEC Energy Solutions, and Renewable Energy Systems (RES) Americas lead the ESSI market in terms of strategy and execution.
"Key pieces of the value chain, such as inverters and installation, are bottlenecks that ESSI vendors must find creative solutions to in order to scale their business and continue to offer competitive rates," says Anissa Dehamna, principal research analyst with Navigant Research. "Vendors that have strategies in place to address these solutions will be well-positioned to scale their businesses over the long term."
Leading ESSI vendors AES Energy Storage, NEC Energy Solutions, and RES Americas have portfolios of successful projects, demonstrating disposition and their ability to adapt offers to the demand seen in the market, according to the report. These characteristics, along with the pursuit of scalable business models, are particularly important in the ESSI space, as some firms have failed due to poor management or business strategy—even with a core technology that thoroughly demonstrated added value.
The Navigant Research Leaderboard Report: Energy Storage Systems Integrators examines the strategy and execution of 12 leading energy storage systems integrators. These players are rated on 12 criteria: vision, go-to-market strategy, partners, production strategy, technology, geographic reach, sales, marketing and distribution, product performance, product quality and reliability, product portfolio, pricing, and staying power. Using Navigant Research's proprietary Leaderboard methodology, vendors are profiled, rated, and ranked with the goal of providing industry participants with an objective assessment of these companies' relative strengths and weaknesses in the global market. An Executive Summary of the report is available for free download on the Navigant Research website.
About Navigant Research
Navigant Research, the dedicated research arm of Navigant, provides market research and benchmarking services for rapidly changing and often highly regulated industries. In the energy sector, Navigant Research focuses on in-depth analysis and reporting about global clean technology markets. The team's research methodology combines supply-side industry analysis, end-user primary research and demand assessment, and deep examination of technology trends to provide a comprehensive view of the Smart Energy, Smart Utilities, Smart Transportation, and Smart Buildings sectors. Additional information about Navigant Research can be found at www.navigantresearch.com.
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Navigant (NYSE: NCI) is a specialized, global professional services firm dedicated to assisting clients in creating and protecting value in the face of critical business risks and opportunities. Through senior level engagement with clients, Navigant professionals deliver expert and advisory work through implementation and business process management services. The firm combines deep technical expertise in Disputes and Investigations, Economics, Financial Advisory and Management Consulting, with business pragmatism to address clients' needs in highly regulated industries, including Construction, Energy, Financial Services and Healthcare. More information about Navigant can be found at navigant.com.
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Peruvian Long Haired Guinea Pig
"I love spring anywhere, but if I could choose I would always greet it in a garden." - Ruth Stout
Prince the Peruvian Long Haired Guinea Pig went outdoors during his photo shoot. How could we stay indoors when the blossoms were so breathtaking?
When he was adopted, this cutie's name was Prince. His nickname soon became "Prince Prince" and that's stuck as his new name. That's a much better name than what I gave my dog. His nutty behavior earned him the nickname "Nut" which morphed to "Nut Nut." Prince Prince sounds much more regal!
Indoors and out, Prince stayed close to his person because he hasn't been feeling so hot. He has an inoperable tumor and, at 5 years old, he's nearing the end of his too-short life.
It's hard to believe this was the view in my front yard in late March. I've threatened to cut my blue spruce down because it has outgrown its space but it makes a perfect backdrop to my neighbor's crabapple. Looks like it's staying another year so I can take more photos next spring.
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Melissa Wahe(non-registered)
So perfect! Thank you Karen!
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